Storm Water Management

Storm-water runoff poses a high risk to the health of Puget Sound, by causing two major problems:

First, storm-water transports a mixture of pollutants such as petroleum products, heavy metals, animal waste, and sediments from construction sites, roads, highways, parking lots, lawns, and other developed lands with the following results:

As a result, drinking water supplies are not replenished and streams and wetlands are not recharged. This can lead to water shortages for people and inadequate stream flows and wetland water levels for fish and other wildlife.